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Born and raised in Oakland CA, I am a self taught artist. I am an entrepreneur with education and training in Business & Finance. I have worked in the Financial Services industry for over 15 years. I have also spent many successful years as a musician, songwriter, & record producer. I felt the need to express my artistic emotions without words, sounds or voices. Painting is what has given me the freedom to release my ideals within art. As a youth I practiced my skills by drawing many images out from Marvel Comic books. My first painting, done in 1977 at age 8, was an abstract and still hangs framed on my wall today. My influences are women of the 70’s, Hip hop, The Afro, R&B, Funk Music, Prosperity, and improvement in the African American Condition. Those influences are vital to my work and I try to find colors that reflect those influences and create layers that express a feeling.
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